Overview
- TMC MP Shatabdi Roy, speaking in Bangla during Zero Hour, claimed Bangla-speaking people were being deported to Bangladesh and cited a case from Odisha.
- After her time expired and her microphone was cut, Roy and TMC MP Mahua Moitra crossed the aisle to speak into BJP MP Jugal Kishore’s microphone, prompting the Chair’s intervention.
- Allowed to conclude, Roy said that if Bangla speakers could be sent to Bangladesh then BJP members should be sent to Pakistan for speaking Hindi or Urdu, which triggered fresh protests.
- BJP MP Sambit Patra dismissed Roy’s allegation as false, said Odisha accepts Bengali speakers as brothers, and asserted there is no place for infiltrators such as Bangladeshis or Rohingyas.
- BJP members demanded withdrawal of Roy’s Pakistan remark as Jagdambika Pal sought to calm TMC MPs, with the dispute remaining unresolved and the deportation claim unverified in the proceedings.